Fast class Lovely to behold and rewarding to fly, this sleek six-seat pressurised, turbocharged twin has real presence. Enter a circuit, and all So, leading with the left throttle and lots of right rudder, I gradually increased the volume to a high-pitched howl and concentrated on keeping the wilful brute on the centre-line. This content

We’re glad we waited for the DC-8. That was how United Airlines legendary President William (Pat) Patterson dismissed the agonising and costly nine month delay in entering the jet age when he accepted the airline’s first DC-8 in September 1959 from long time friend Donald Douglas Snr. Indeed, Pat was all smiles when he was

Managing fatigue Nightly, our nation’s skies are crossed by a steady stream of air traffic as they attempt to join east and west before the start of another working day. These ‘red eye’ flights place a different set of demands upon their crews. A recent ATSB report has examined these issues and offered some insight

…and E/F Hornets, including VFA-122, the USN unit that will be responsible for training the RAAF’s initial cadre of F/A‑18F Super Hornet pilots, air combat officers (ACOs) and engineers from mid 2009. Lemoore Lies on a Vast 6475 Hectare Site in the Rich Farming Area of California’s Central Valley Near the City of Fresno, About